Pointing out stories you might have missed. A hapless German thief snapped his credit card in two while prying open a lock, inadvertently leaving behind his name and account details for police. ``He tried to copy what he'd seen them do on television, but the flat-owner woke up and the criminal ran away,'' a police spokesman said today. ``The victim called up and read us the details off the card. ``When we got round to the burglar's house, the other half was sitting on his kitchen table.'' The 29-year-old burglar was trying to open the door to his neighbour's flat in Moenchengladbach in western Germany, police said.News source: Metro.co.uk
